Americans were stumped by covfefe, DACA, and bitcoin, according to Google's top 'What is' searches this year

We’ve all started a Google search by typing the words “what is” into the empty box.

But what do people type after those two words?

As part of its end-of-the-year recap, Google compiled the most popular queries of 2017 that used the “what is” phrase.

The results reflect a tumultuous year in politics, natural disasters, and protests. Americans took to the search engine to learn about topics like DACA, the Paris Climate Agreement, antifa, and net neutrality.

Here’s the complete list of the top ten Google searches in the US beginning with the phrase “what is:”

No. 2: What is Bitcoin?

No. 1: What is DACA?

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In September, the Trump administration announced its plans to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, an Obama-era regulation that protects children from immigrant families who were born on US soil. Many of the people searching for DACA may have already known about the people affected by the regulation through the more familiar term: Dreamers.